Measures have been taken to prevent the accidents, but much _____ for more improvement.

 _______ never to come back again, the girl left the poor village without saying goodbye.

It’s already 10 o’clock. I wonder how it ____that she was 3 hours late on such a short trip.

— Can I speak to _____ is in charge of the company?

— Hold on, please.

______ and you will be admitted into your desired university.

He is rather difficult to make friends with, but his friendship, _____ is more true than anyone else’s.

It was three months later _____ he completed the job with difficulty.

Tsinghua University, ______ in 1911, is home a great number of outstanding figures.

My English teacher gave us a suggestion yesterday, _____is often the case, ______ our monitor organize a debate after class.

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting( attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The  boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, __36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 37, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the __38__ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest __40__he was unable to touch it. He began to __41__ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.

Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 44 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 45 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking 46 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or,  47 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.

He had tried everything he could think to do. 48 seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk 49 . At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 50 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 51 like this, the more unhappy he became.

52 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t 53 . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is 54 more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to  55 our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better.

2.A so          B then       C. but          D or

3.A. sadder      B angrier     C hungrier      D. tastier

4.A. expanding  B stretching    C. swinging     D. pulling

5.A. strength       B length       C. range        D. height

12.A for            B. with         C. on          D. of

13.A. After          B through      C. without      D. upon

20.A change         B. express       C. forget       D. describe